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Russian troops in Afrin begin withdrawing

Russian military police stationed in the Afrin region of Syria have begun withdrawing before a potential military operation by the Turkish army, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency has reported, in a development that comes only a day after key military and intelligence talks between the two sides in Moscow.

Russian troops in Afrin begin withdrawing

Russian troops in Afrin begin withdrawing

STEPANAKERT, JANUARY 20, ARTSAKHPRESS:Anadolu Agency reported on Jan. 19 that tens of Russian military police that pulled back from villages near Afrin arrived in Nubul and Zahra districts under the control of the Syrian regime forces. Citing “reliable local sources” in Afrin, the agency did not provide further details on the motive and scope of the withdrawal.

There was no immediate reaction from Moscow and Ankara to either confirm or deny the military pullback from this region.

It’s believed that Russia has a few hundred military observers in that particular region in northern Syria which is largely under the control of the People’s Protection Units (YPG), a group Turkey considers as the offshoot of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), therefore, a terrorist organization.


     

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